Judges 21:16
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And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead.

Context
Wives for the Benjamites
15And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel. 16And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead.17And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.…
Cross References
Judges 21:15
And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel.

Judges 21:17
And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

Lexicon
Then the elders
זִקְנֵ֣י (ziq·nê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old

of the congregation
הָעֵדָ֔ה (hā·‘ê·ḏāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5712: A stated assemblage

said,
וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

should we do
נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה (na·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

about wives
לְנָשִׁ֑ים (lə·nā·šîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

for those who remain,
לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים (lan·nō·w·ṯā·rîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve

since
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the women
אִשָּֽׁה׃ (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

of Benjamin
מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן (mib·bin·yā·min)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites

have been destroyed?”
נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה (niš·mə·ḏāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed


Additional Translations
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

And the elders of the assembly said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Then the elders of the congregation said, "How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?"

And the elders of the company say, 'What do we do to the remnant for wives -- for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?'
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